drift tube
noun Radio.
a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity.
Compare Klystron.
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British Dictionary definitions for drift tube
drift tube
noun
physics
a hollow cylindrical electrode to which a radio-frequency voltage is applied in a linear accelerator